- Date
- January 17, 1975
- Place
- Schaumburg, IL · SCHAUMBURG, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5472ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750117001329A
- Case key
- 146993
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0014 75/1/17 SCHAUMBURG,IL PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 338 TIME - 1035 N5472Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHAUMBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCHAUMBURG,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE REMARKS- PLT RMVD SNOW AND FROST FM WINDSHIELD DID NOT CK UPPER WING SURFACES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5472Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Schaumburg
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5472Z · 2
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